Crusted Green Tomatoes with Wasabi Mayonnaise

Crusted Green Tomatoes with Wasabi Mayonnaise

Ingredients

1 Cup All Purpose Flour
½ Cup Cornstarch
1 tsp Salt
1 Cup Cold Water
1 Egg
1 ½ Cups Panko (or coarse) Bread Crumbs
2 Green Tomatoes-cored, sliced ¼” thick
½ Cup Wasabi Mayonnaise
Vegetable Oil for Frying as needed
Salt and Black Pepper to taste

Method

1. Sift together into a bowl the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt.
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the water, egg, and vegetable oil.
3. Add the liquid to the dry ingredients, whisk until smooth.
4. The batter should be a similar thickness to pancake batter. If too thick, add more water, if too thin, add more flour. Reserve.
5. Heat a deep fryer with vegetable oil to 180ºC (350ºF).
6. Dredge each tomato slice into the batter.
7. Let excess batter drip off and carefully dredge each slice in the panko crumbs, coating both sides evenly, gently pressing to make the crumbs stick.
8. Fry only 3-4 slices at a time until a light golden color.
9. Drain on paper towels and season with salt and pepper if desired.
10. Serve with Wasabi Mayonnaise.

Enjoy!